nominativus pendens
/ˌnɒmɪnəˌtʌɪvəs ˈpɛndɛnz/ /ˌnɒmɪnəˌtɪːvəs ˈpɛndɛnz/Grammar
noun
A construction in which a sentence is completed as if the subject were other than it is; a subject semantically unconnected with the rest of the construction in which it occurs.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Wharton (d. 1867). From post-classical Latin nominativus pendens from classical Latin nōminātīvus + pendēns, present participle of pendēre to hang.
- mousily
- mousiness
- mousmé
- mousquetaire
- mousquetaire glove
- mousqueton
- moussaka
- mousse
- mousseline
- mousseline de laine
- mousseline de soie
- mousseron
- mousseux
- Moussorgskian
- Moussorgsky
- moustache
- moustache cup
- moustached
- moustached bat
- moustached guenon
- moustached monkey
- moustached tamarin
- moustached warbler
- moustacheless
- moustache-lifter